Gavin Ware, who led Mississippi State in rebounding as a freshman, is working this offseason to cut weight heading into his second year of college competition.

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Michael Bonner
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It's barely July, usually a dormant month at Humphrey Coliseum. But on Tuesday, as darkness shrouded Mississippi State's home court, the grunts of players lifting weights to the screams of strength coach Richard Akins echoed through the arena.

There's little time off for the Bulldogs as they recover from one of the worst seasons in school history.

"You have to have a goal in your mind. You have to see where you want to go as a person," senior Colin Borchert said. "That's the biggest thing for me. I've only got one more year. I've only got nine months left and I have to use all this nine months to my ...